Iron isotopes in the Amazon River system: Weathering and transport signatures

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 248, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 54-68

  Bergquist, B A ^a   Boyle, E A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

iron; iron isotopes; plankton tows; porewaters; river water seawater mixing experiments; rivers; weathering

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON; ISOTOPES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WEATHERING;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; IRON ISOTOPES; IRON ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PLANKTON TOWS; POREWATERS;

RIVERS;

HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IRON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MIXING; RIVER SYSTEM; RIVER WATER; SEAWATER; TRACE METAL; WEATHERING;

AMAZON RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33746757774     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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